Tapeworm Species Details

Amphoteromorphus Diesing, 1850
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Zygobothriinae
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Species ID 2295
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Zygobothriinae
Genus Amphoteromorphus
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Authority Diesing, 1850
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Type Species Amphoteromorphus peniculus Diesing, 1850
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Verified By T. Scholz, P. V. Alves
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Diesing, K. M. 1850. Systema Helminthum, Vol. I. Wilhelmum Braumüller, Vindobonae [Vienna], 679 pp.

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Carfora, M., A. de Chambrier, C. Vaucher. 2003. Le genre Amphoteromorphus (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), parasite de poissons-chats d’Amérique tropicale: étude morphologique et approche biosystématique par électrophorèse des protéines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 110: 381-409.

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Scientific Name Notes type species: Amphoteromorphus peniculus Diesing, 1850 -revised by Carfora et al., 2003

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/12/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
04/14/2011Modified
01/24/2017ModifiedT. Scholz
04/12/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

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